Standard Insurance Center

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Facts

• Replaced the Union Bank of California Tower as Portland's tallest building until being replaced itself by the Wells Fargo Center after only one year.
• The building does not have a 13th floor.
• At the time of its completion, the building was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world.
• The Standard Insurance Center was originally called the Georgia-Pacific Building.
• The Quest, a marble statue adorns the entrance to the Standard Insurance Center; however, locals refer to it as, "Three Groins in a Fountain".
• The building occupies an entire block.
• Standard Insurance purchased the building in 1984 for US $43 million.